December 04, 2005
Boating around Washington, D.C.
Let's not sugar coat it. Boatin' in D.C. amounts to coming out of the marina and heading North on the Potomac River for about a mile. All roads, or in this case, waterways, lead to Georgetown. Luckily, both the ride and destination to Georgetown are rather pleasant with various Washington landmarks within view. The exception is that there are fireworks in Alexandria twice during the season and we all take our boats and throw anchor and raft up for the fireworks … then we fire up the boats and go North again where we are sure to see a familiar face and chilled refreshments right on the waterway we love so dearly.
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Posted by Kimberly on December 4, 2005 11:48 AM
November 26, 2005
Boating around Baltimore, Maryland
In June, I decided to take a position in Baltimore, Maryland so that I could live on Livin' Nauti' and walk to work from the Baltimore Marine Center. Several months before, after searching and visiting several marinas, BMC seemed to the best as far as amenities and location. So, when a new Technology Quality Management Director position was offered with a national Long-Term Care Pharmaceutical company 3 blocks from the marina, I decided it was obviously meant to be.
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Posted by Kimberly on November 26, 2005 11:44 AM
August 22, 2005
Trips to Rock Hall
Rock Hall is one of the closer destinations as it takes about 2 hours to get from my marina in Baltimore. It is basically just across the Chesapeake Bay but slightly south.
On the first trip, we stayed at a marina and took the shuttle trolley bus to and from the various destinations. It was 100 degrees and you could stay on your air conditioned boat, go sit in the pool, or go tour around Rock Hall on wind-only cooled trolley bus. We decided that we would take our chances that the trolley bus would travel fast enough for some wind movement on the inside. It actually was a very quaint little trolley with very large open windows and a very personable 'conductor' that must work 18 hour days.
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Posted by Kimberly on August 22, 2005 11:42 AM
August 14, 2005
NPYC Long Cruise
July 2005. The 10-day long cruise was a trip starting from the Washington Marina down the Potomac to the Potomac River Yacht Club Float-in and then to continue with the NPYC for the next week at various destinations on the Chesapeake. We decided that we would take the 3 year old with us on the trip and unfortunately she was not feeling well.
We left late Friday afternoon and spent the night on anchor at Fairview Beach on the Potomac. Then we left early Saturday morning to arrive at Crisfield Maryland around 11 am just in time for the activities.
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Posted by Kimberly on August 14, 2005 07:53 AM
June 01, 2005
Mattawoman Trip
Memorial Day weekend. This was my first trip taking Livin' Nauti' for a trip without Jerry as the first mate. I invited my friend, Nancy, to come on the trip with me to Mattawoman, across from the Occoquan Bay area. Livin' Nauti' was traveling with Colonel's Lady, also from DC, down to Mattawoman.
The day started out a little iffy as it was storming and both Livin' Nauti' and Colonel's Lady waited until late afternoon for the weather to clear before embarking on the trip. I have to give credit to Nancy as this was her first experience as first-mate and she did a great job of 1) taking in all the lines and fenders and stowing them on the aft deck, 2) helping to navigate, and 3) getting lines and fenders ready for raft up.
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Posted by Kimberly on June 1, 2005 09:27 AM
